Houry Gebeshian
| Houry Gebeshian | |
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented |
 Armenia
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| Born |
July 27, 1989 Cambridge,Massachusetts, United States |
| Hometown | Newton, Massachusetts, United States |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| College team | Iowa Hawkeyes |
Houry Gebeshian (born July 27, 1989) is an Armenian-American artistic gymnast, who has represented Armenia at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Iowa Hawkeyes team during the 2008 to 2011 seasons.
Gebeshian was born on July 27, 1989, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to parents Christine Abrahamian and Hagop Gebeshian. She graduated from Newton North High School in 2007.
Gebeshian placed 34th at the 2005 J.O. Nationals, her first J.O. competition. During her club competitive years, she trained at Massachusetts Gymnastics Center; under coaches Patrick Palmer, Shixin Mao and Joe Massimo.
Houry started competing for the Iowa Hawkeyes team in the 2008 season. She was a steady bars and beam worker, competing at every single meet during regular season. In her sophomore year, in 2009, Gebeshian was a consistent all-arounder, competing every single event at every meet. She was the Big-10 beam champion in 2010, as a junior, with a score of 9.950. In her senior season, in 2011, Gebeshian advanced to the 2011 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship as an individual all-arounder.
In an article with International Gymnast Magazine, Gebeshian said that she was "first inspired to compete for Armenia when her mother informed her that as an Armenian by birth, she can have dual citizenship hence able to represent Armenia at the Olympics if she wished to. Gebeshian's mother contacted a parent of another gymnast training at the same gym, who apparently was the Olympics liaison for Armenia, checking the possibility of Gebeshian representing Armenia being of Armenian descent. He told her to "go for it!". Gebeshian's family helped foot the bill for finances for Gebeshian to attend the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in October 2011, in Tokyo, Japan. She competed at the event, finishing with a score of 45.899, placing 128th all-around. She did not receive a berth to the 2012 Olympics but was third reserve.
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